Listen to this – 2019 #2
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RED FOR ED IN INDIANA
On November 19th, thousands of teachers across Indiana will converge on the state capital in Indianapolis, or gather in their local communities to draw attention to the lack of government support for public education in Indiana.
Indiana teachers, through the Indiana State Teachers Association, sponsors of the event, have several priorities.
- Increase funding for public schools to increase teacher pay. Currently, Indiana has among the lowest average teacher salary in the Midwest and has had the lowest increase in teacher pay over the last decade and a half in the nation.
- Don’t blame Indiana teachers for student performance on tests. There are too many variables that have an impact on test scores to single out teachers as the only, or even the main cause.
- Repeal the requirement for teachers to spend their valuable time as business interns in their communities.
- Stop the move to grade school systems and schools based on what their students do after graduation. Again, there are too many variables in students’ lives to assume that schools are the only cause of their choices after they graduate.
Hundreds of school systems throughout the state have canceled classes for the day to allow teachers to participate including the largest district in the state, Fort Wayne Community Schools. When FWCS decided to close their Superintendent, Wendy Robinson, Indiana’s 2018 Superintendent of the Year, wrote a letter to CONTINUE READING: Listen to this – 2019 #2 | Live Long and Prosper
